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Christine Poole Innergex Renewable Energy INE-T BUY ON WEAKNESS Sep 14, 2021

A small-cap green energy company. This sector will continue to grow and INE is expanding into the US. They issued some equity. Buy any green power producers on pullback.
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They took a hit after the Texas power outage, and they're now litigating some of that. The Texas impact was $80 million or 3-4% impact on this year's EBITDA, so it's not a huge deal. Long-term, INE is an excellent company. It has strong asset base here in Canada and they're growing in the U.S. where they're pursuing many projects and will benefit from Biden's tax credits. Good entry point here.
BUY

Produces green power. Likes it. Trades at much higher multiples than Polaris. Would chose Polaris in the sector, but INE is a solid player in the sector.

BUY
It is a new addition for him on the renewable side. He took advantage of the Texas ice storm a couple of years ago. He likes the valuation.
BUY
He holds a renewable power portfolio. He started buying this after the Texas ice storms around $17. Likes it. It has the development pipeline he likes. A smaller-cap to the green super-majors in Europe. INE has pulled back. Is a dividend grower and their operations will expand in the future.
WEAK BUY
Allan Tong’s Discover Picks The company is expanding into the U.S. though the 2021 Texas power outage hit the company by $80 million or around 3.5% of that year’s EBITDA. Revenues are expected to rise 18.2% and 25.3% this year and next, but its debt-to-capital ratio of 77.1% is the highest in this group. Market share is slipping and the company remains unprofitable with its ROI at -2.98%, profit margin of -24.08% and PE at -233x. Read 3 dividend stocks to fight inflation for our full analysis.
DON'T BUY
Good producer. He owns the preferred shares. His favourites in the space include AQN, FTS, and BIP.UN. Nothing wrong with INE. Focus is more wind-focused, so growth profile is not as diversified. Balance sheet is not as strong.
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Trevor Rose’s Insights - Trevor’s most-liked answers from 5i Research

INE has been closely tracking to the broader 'clean energy' industry (PBW as a proxy). The PBW ETF peaked in early 2021 as 'green' stocks flourished, but the ETF and industry has since made a new 52-week low. The stock is a $2.1B company that has demonstrated strong top-line growth and a decent amount of free cash flows. It pays a solid yield of 7%, but is highly leveraged, with a net debt of $5.9B. It trades at an OK valuation of 2.0X forward sales and 1.9X book. A lot of high growth, unprofitable names have been impacted recently with renewed recession fears as bond yields spike and inflation re-accelerated in recent readings. We would like to see the company achieve profitability, and we feel that this could help support its share price, particularly as it grows its top-line at a strong rate.
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DON'T BUY

Tough, down about half. Lots of money was chasing few investment outlets, and that bid up the multiples of all green energy. Valuation changed dramatically, further compounded by rising interest rates. Operating weakness. Steer clear. 

If you own it, hard to exit at a 50% loss. You need to do something at some point. More recovery potential than others. Other income opportunities out there with less risk. 

TRADE

This is how he'd play the renewable energy trade. Thinks rates will go higher next year, which makes him cautious. If that's the case for rates, a lot of the bond proxies like utilities and REITs are going to come under pressure. A bit more upside potential, but for a trade.